Attend: Mayor & County Recognition Day

Across the state in honor of Mayor and County Recognition Day for National Service, elected officials are engaging with their local AmeriCorps members and Senior Corps volunteers. Serve Wisconsin has taken the lead on arranging space for national service participants to be recognized at the Dane County Board of Supervisors meeting on April 6th and the Madison Common Council meeting on April 18th. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see the action as it unfolds during the week of April 4th.
Last Call for Nominations: Governor's Service Recognition

 The deadline for Governor's Service Recognition nominations is Friday, April 7th. To see the award categories and nominate an individual or program, please click on the button below. The ceremony will be held at Olbrich Botanical Gardens (3330 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704) on Thursday, June 8th at 10:00 AM.
Sign Up Today: Program Development Workshop

On April 18, 2017, Serve Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Evaluation Collaborative will be presenting a one-day, in-person workshop to help organizations develop a data-driven, evidence-based program design. Participants will learn the different components of a strong program design and how to find and use evidence and data to inform planning decisions. The workshop will be held in Stevens Point at the Holiday Inn Convention Center from 9:30 am - 3:30 pm. There is no cost to attend. If you are interested in learning more, please contact Serve Wisconsin.
Update: Serve Wisconsin to Release Request for Proposals

Serve Wisconsin will be releasing two Request for Proposals (RFPs) in mid-late April for AmeriCorps programs and AmeriCorps planning grants for the 2017-18 program year. Program grants will engage AmeriCorps members in service to meet community needs, while planning grants will help organizations to develop an AmeriCorps program. Applications for each of these funding opportunities will be due in mid-May.
 
To view the most recent RFPs and resources to help you determine if AmeriCorps funding is right for your organization, click "Learn More" below. This webpage will be updated with the new RFPs in mid-April.  If you want to be notified when these RFPs are released, please e-mail Serve Wisconsin .
Thank You: Amy Porter, Serve Wisconsin Program Officer

  Serve Wisconsin would like to give a very special thank you to Amy Porter who will be leaving the Serve Wisconsin team at the beginning of this month. Amy has been a Program Officer with Serve Wisconsin for the past three years. Over the course of her time at Serve Wisconsin, she initiated many invaluable projects including the InterCorps Council and the beloved traveling Servie Badger. She also provided outstanding support and guidance to her programs. The Serve Wisconsin team will miss Amy's creativity and her love for AmeriCorps. We wish her all the best in her new adventures!
Member Reflection: Ryan Stone, Wisconsin Health Corps

"If the word 'Marinette' conjures up any images at all for most people in the state of Wisconsin, they're likely the pleasant, bucolic sort that color the county's tourism page: sunset over rippling water, silhouette of a boat, bluejay set off by the snow, park path studded with the reds and gold of fall- that sort of thing. Having had a similarly composed sense of the place myself, while signing my name on my agreement to serve this year as an AmeriCorps member at Marinette County Public Health, is likely why I was so shocked, after settling in to my new home in the North Woods, to discover another element integral to the mix that makes Marinette what it is, but that didn't make the pages of any of its brochures. It does, however, threaten to blot out the beauty with which those pages are filled, and which filled my mind before I arrived. That element is heroin."
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